Container Glossary

Browse 3 container terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Container Terms

Cgroups
Control Groups — a Linux kernel feature that limits, accounts for, and isolates the resource usage (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network) of process groups. One of...
Init Container
A specialized container in a Kubernetes pod that runs to completion before the main application containers start. Used for setup tasks like waiting for a...
Namespace
A Linux kernel feature that isolates and virtualizes system resources for a group of processes. Types include PID (process IDs), network (network stack), mount...

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